OOXML approved as an ISO standard [LWN.net]

OOXML approved as an ISO standard

Posted Apr 2, 2008 21:17 UTC (Wed) by mszeliga (guest, #42499)
Parent article: OOXML approved as an ISO standard

According to ISO rules there are now two months until the approved standard becomes a
standard, due this period any P-member may protest against the standard (and we already know
that Norway have stated that they will protest).

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OOXML approved as an ISO standard

Posted Apr 2, 2008 21:56 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Oh well. Maybe a few Norwegian ministries will get a substantial discount on the next Office license, and maybe they will forget about it. It wouldn't even be illegal, probably.

OOXML approved as an ISO standard

Posted Apr 3, 2008 4:17 UTC (Thu) by foo-bar (guest, #22971) [Link]

To my understanding it won't work this way in Norway. This country is too rich and too
independent to be bribed in that trivial way. (I'm not an Norwegian BTW).

No it isn't

Posted Apr 3, 2008 22:38 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Apparently not that immune to bribery:

There was a massive protest when Standard Norge decided that Norway will say yes to OOXML, despite the fact that most of the comitee-representatives were against.

Link found on LWN cover story

No it isn't

Posted Apr 8, 2008 5:27 UTC (Tue) by foo-bar (guest, #22971) [Link]

I didn't say it's immune to bribery. However IMHO the bribery must be on a different scale to
be efficient :-)